Lesson 19
stl'i' 'want'
| (1) | nu stl'i' kw' ti. | |
| I want some tea. | ||
| (2) | 'un' stl'i' 'u kw' ti? | |
| Do you want tea? | ||
| (3) | stl'i's 'u kw' ti? | |
| Does he/she want tea? | ||
| (4) | stl'i' tst kw' ti. | |
| We want tea. | ||
| (5) | 'un' stl'i'ulup 'u kw' ti? | |
| Do you pl. want tea? | ||
| (6) | stl'i's 'eelhtun kw' ti. | |
| They want tea. | ||
| (7) | nu stl'i' kwunus t'ilum. | |
| I want to sing. | ||
| (8) | 'un' stl'i' 'u kw'un's t'ilum? | |
| Do you want to sing? | ||
| (9) | stl'i's kws t'ilums. | |
| He/she wants to sing. | ||
| (10) | stl'i'tst kws t'ilumtst. | |
| We want to sing. | ||
| (11) | 'un' stl'i' 'u kw'un's t'ilumulup? | |
| Do you pl. want to sing? | ||
| (12) | stl'i's 'eelhtun kws t'ilums. | |
| They want to sing. | ||
| (13) | 'un' stl'i' 'u kw'un's nem' t'akw'? | |
| Do you want to go home? | ||
| (14) | nu stl'i' kw'unus 'ulhtun 'u tun'a st'e' 'u tthey'. | |
| I want to eat now. | ||
| (15) | nu stl'i' kw'unus 'iluqut tthey' poukw. | |
| I want to buy that book. | ||
| (16) | 'un' stl'i' 'u kw'un's hakwushulup thunu snuhwulh? | |
| Do you pl. want to use my car? | ||
| (17) | stl'i'tst kws nem'tst tl'tawun. | |
| We want to go to town. | ||
| (18) | stl'i's tthu qeq kws huw'a'lum's 'u tthun' lukli. | |
| The baby wants to play with your keys. | ||
| (19) | 'un' stl'i'ulup kw'uns mukw' 'uw' 'aalh 'u thu snuhwulh. | |
| Do you all want to get on the canoe? | ||
| (20) | stl'i's 'eelhtun kws 'aalhs 'u tthun' snuhwulh. | |
| They want to get on your canoe. | ||
| (21) | stl'i's lhunnu ten kws nem's tl'taktu. | |
| My mother wants to go to the doctor. | ||
| (22) | stl'i'tst kws t'a'ulttst tthu hul'q'umi'num'. | |
| We want to learn how to speak Hul'q'umi'num'. | ||
| (23) | 'un' stl'i' 'u kwun's qw'uyulush? | |
| Do you want to dance? | ||
| (24) | nu stl'i' kwunus tsala'lh 'u kw' telu kwunus 'iluquls 'u kw' snuhwulh. | |
| I want to borrow some money to buy a car. | ||
| (25) | 'un' stl'i' 'u kwuns hakwush tthunu shuptun kwun's lhits'ut tthu sluwi'? | |
| Do you want to use my knife to cut the cedar bark. | ||
| (26) | stl'i'tst kws hakwushtst tthun' snuhwulh. nem' tst tl'tawunstuhw thu tentst. | |
| We want to use your car to take our mother other to town. | ||
| (27) | nu stl'i' kw'un's ts'ehwul'. | |
| I want you to be quiet. | ||
| (28) | stl'i's 'u kwun's nem' t'akw' thu hw'iiw'tssun'uq? | |
| Does the teacher want you to go home? | ||
| (29) | nu stl'i' kws ts'ewutham'shs tthunu shuyulh. | |
| I want my older brother to help me. | ||
| (30) | nu stl'i' kwunus t'ilum 'u tun'a hwune'unt. | |
| I want to sing this evening. (implication: that I am able and so will) | ||
| (31) | nu stl'i' kw'unus t'ilum 'i' 'i tsun hwi' hwt-sequn. | |
| I want to sing but I have a sore throat. (implication: I will not sing.) | ||
| (32) | 'uwu nu stl'i'us kw'unus nem' tl'tawun. | |
| I don't want to go to town. | ||
| (33) | 'uwe 'u 'un' stl'i'us kw'un's 'iluqut thunu snuhwulh? | |
| Don't you want to buy my car? | ||
| (34) | nan ch 'uw' nu stl'i'. | |
| I love you very much. |
| Revised 2013-11-01. | Back to Table of Contents |